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Remarkable bindings in the British Museum, selected for their beauty or historic interest

by: Wheatley, Henry B. (Henry Benjamin), 1838-1917; Cundall, Joseph, 1818-1895

Publication date: 1889

Topics: British Museum, Bookbinding

Publisher: London, S. Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington; [etc., etc.]

Collection: getty; americana

Digitizing sponsor: Getty Research Institute

Contributor: Getty Research Institute

Language: English

Initials

"The inception of the book is due to Mr. Joseph Cundall, who arranged its plan and worked out its details."--Pref

"The photographs of the bindings were taken at the British Museum by Mr. L. B. Fleming, by the ortho-chromatic process, and were printed in monotint by Messrs. Aron frères of Paris, under the superintendence of M. Léon Gruel."